Paper-bag-dispensing device.



W. 0. ALBIG.

PAPER BAG DISPENSING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2. 1915.

1 ,293,291 Patented Feb. 4, 1919.

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W. O. ALBIG.

PAPER BAG DISPENSING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2. 1915.

Patented Feb. 4, 1919.

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PAIER-BAGDISPENSDN'G- DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM 0. Annie, a

' citizen of the United States, residing at Adrian, county of Lenawee, State of Michin, have invented a. certain new and useful provement in Paper-Bag-Dispensing Devices, and declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyg drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to paper-bag and envelop dispensing devices in whichthe envelops are each centrally folded to form two leaves, each leaf being inserted between the two leaves of an adjacent envelop. The device is provided with a, discharge slot at the end toward which the folded envelops are forced and the arrangement of the parts is such that the envelops are held a distance from the saidv slot whereby on withdrawal of the envelop or bag a succeeding envelop will be drawn out through the slot and stand ient position to be grasped by the hand of the operator.

The general object of the invention is a box or holder for bags or envelops interfolded in the manner mentioned that is of simple and inexpensive construction and neat in appearance, and in which the plate or end having the discharge slot is so arranged as i to hold the package of envelops back from the slot so that the projecting end of one of the envelops may project through the slot at an angle to the plate.

A further object of the invention is a discharge plate so constructed that but a small surface of the envelop is in contact with the plate or portion thereof so that but little friction develops in withdrawing a sheet from the device.

An additional object of the invention is involved in the provision of means individual to each box whereby a series of boxes may be secured together in a stack as is useful in retail stores where envelops or bags of various sizes are required for use. These and other objects of the invention are here;

inafter more fully described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a paper Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4, 1919.

Application filed April 2, 1915. Serial No. 18,869.

Fig. 3 showing principally the method of securing the metal body to the base.

Fig. 5 is a detail of the discharge end of the box showing one of the envelops as being withdrawn therethrough.

Similar characters refer to similar parts throughout the drawing and specification.

The box is preferably formed of a threesided metal body portion 1 the edges of which are inserted in slots 2, in a-wood basemember 8. The box is closed at the rear end by a plate 4 fastened to the base by means of pins 5 and provided with a flange 20 extending over the body portion 1 on three sides. As indicated more particularly in Fig. 1, the said flange is cut to provide two lugs 6 and 7, which may be folded down over the top of the body portion when the box is used singly or may be turned upward as indicated in Fig. 1 for attachment to the base of a succeeding box when arranged in a tier as shown in Fig. 2, thus securing the boxes in the desired relation.

As heretofore stated the envelops or bags are folded to form two leaves of equal length and the folded edges of alternate sheets are disposed upon opposite sides of the box with two leaves of adjacent envelops on one side inserted between the leaves of an envelop upon the opposite side so that in withdrawing one of the envelops through the discharge slot as hereinafter described, a leaf of an adjacent one will be drawn out and left projecting therethrough. The front end of the box is provided with a hinged cover 8 flanged to engage over the metal body 1 on the three sides thereof. The side flanges extend down into the slot 2 for the edges of the body and are apertured at the end to receive a pin 9 forming a hinge for the cover. That portion of the flange on each of the two opposite sides of the body is provided with pins 90 secured thereto and on the forward edge of the body are provided hooks 92 for engaging the pins to hold the cover closed.

The cover or door 8 is provided with a discharge slct 10 preferably formed by slitting the cover across the front side at the center and for a distance at each edge next the side flanges in the general form of an H and binding each portion backward to extend into the case with the free edges turned upward. To these edges are secured additional pieces providing rounded stops 11 and 12 across which the paper draws, in withdrawing an envelop 'as indicated in F ig. 5. By turning these portions inward and up ward into the case as shown, the envelops are held back or spaced from the plate so that the edge of a projecting envelop extends through the slot at an angle, as shown, in position to be readily grasped and withdrawn. As shown in Fig. 5, on pulling the extending edge of an envelop out of the discharge slot, a leaf of an adjacent interfolded envelop is also drawn outward through the slot and left in position to be withdrawn in succession.

A follower plate 13 is provided in the interior of the box which is forced forward by a spring 14, preferably cone-shaped as shown, so that little space is occupied by the spring when compressed at the time the box is filled and this spring and follower plate forces the pack of envelops forward against the stops 11 and 12 to continually hold the envelops in proper position relative to the discharge slot as the envel'ops are withdrawn from the box.

The device is particularly adaptable for use by grocers and retail merchants in general who use envelops or bags for holding small articles of trade. 'As several sizes of bags and envelops are usually utilized in retail-stores I have arranged the boxes in such manner that several may be secured together in a stack as indicated in Fig. 2, the lower box being for the larger size and the upper boxes each successively of smaller sizes of envelops. Bythis arrangement the envelops or bags of the various sizes used in a store are all in convenient position to be utilized. when required, and, by thus providing the envelops in the boxes, they are not only much more readily taken for use, but the disagreeable conditions arising from having loose piles of envelops or sacks on the counter are avoided.

Having thus briefly described 'my invention and its utility, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In a dispensing device for interfolded paper sheets or the like, a discharge plate having a slot therein formed by slitting the material substantially centrally and at each side thereof in the general form of an H and turning the slotted portions inward to form an opening and to space the pack of folded sheets therefrom.

body member, the body and base being secured together by pins and the cover being hinged to the base.

3. A dispensing device for paper bags or envelops comprising a box like structure having a discharge opening at one end, the opposite end being provided with a flanged plate forming a closure therefor, the flange on the upper surface being cut to form a plurality of lugs adapted to be bent over the upper surface of the box when not required for use or bent to extend upwardly for securing a second box thereto.

4;. A dispensing device for interfolded envelops or bags of different sizes con'iprising a series of boxes each adapted to hold a pack of interfolded Sheets of a single size. one end of each box being provided with a discharge opening, a plate forming a closure for the opposite end of the box having portions providing a means for securing a similar box to the upper surface thereof.

5. A dispensing device for paper sheets or envelops interfolded substantially as described, comprising a box like structure having a sheet metal end member provided with a discharge slot substantially ccntlzllly there in, and means for holding the face of the pack of folded sheets a. distance from the slot consisting of return bent portions connected with the upper and lower edges of the slot respectively spaced from the end member and adapted to hold the face of the pack substantially in a vertical plane, and yield'able means for forcing the pack into engagement with said return bent portions.

6. A dispensing device for paper sheets or envelops interfolded substantially as described, comprising a 'box like structure having a hinged sheet metal cover at one end provided with a horizontal discharge slot substantially centrally therein, the upper and lower edges of the slot having portions projecting inwardly and outwardly each way respectively from. the slot adapted to hold the face of the pack substantially in a vertical plane spaced from the cover member substantially as and for the purpose .described, and yielda'ble means for forcing the pack into engagement with said portions.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM O. ALBIG. Witnesses:

CHARLES E. WISNER, SELENE MCDONALD. 

